Topic: ID - please!!

[Dandy_Lion]

Hi all, just to get on the bandwagon - can anyone ID this please - I was expecting a penstemon, but I dont think it is!! A phlox?
Spect I am barking up the wrong tree, so please put me straight if you can!
Thanks
Sally
PS - it is nestling amongst a lupin and a hemerocallis!!

[Hugh_Jones]

Could we please have a close-up of the flower and the leaf, and an indication of its height?

[traceym]

Could be phlox stolonifera,creeping phlox.

[Hugh_Jones]

Looks a bit more than 4 - 6 inches in height, though traceym. Be easier if we knew just how tall it is.

[Dandy_Lion]

At the moment it is about 12 inches high.
Thanks for all the suggestions
Sally

[MagpieDi]

Hi Sally
I have dwarf penstemons about 12ins, but the flowers in your photo don't look tubular. Looks more like a phlox flower to me too. I believe there is a wild form which has singular flowers instead of the usual large cluster.  :-\

[Muddy_Boots]

Could be wrong but it looks like tradescantia andersoniana 'Isis' to me trinity flower or spiderwort).  Hardy border plant.  Am pretty sure tho, hope this helps  :D

[Dandy_Lion]

Thanks for all the suggestions - I shall look them all up!
For those who suggested a closer view, here goes!
It is an A4 piece of paper and a 10p coin
Thanks
Sally

[Dandy_Lion]

...and closer still!!!
Sally

[Palustris]

Great photos, Phlox divaricata.

[MagpieDi]

Is that the wild one Eric ??  :)

[aquilegia]

Could be wrong but it looks like tradescantia andersoniana 'Isis' to me trinity flower or spiderwort).  Hardy border plant.  Am pretty sure tho, hope this helps  :D

I was thinking tradescantia too, but the leaves on the close up don't look right.

[eileen]

I'm with Eric on this one.

Great photographs by the way.

Eileen.

[Palustris]

It is one of the species, Diane, but there are a lot of wild ones out there in the USA (and 1 in Siberia).

[MagpieDi]

Right......thanks Eric !   :)  Just wondered if you grew it in your woodland area?